Associations to the word «Busyness»

Noun

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Wiktionary

BUSYNESS, noun. The state of being busy.

Dictionary definition

BUSYNESS, noun. The state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity; "they manifested all the busyness of a pack of beavers"; "there is a constant hum of military preparation".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats